Weather Records on 27 February 1933

240 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1933. Highest significance: Chandrapur, IN.

Key Facts for 27 February 1933

On 27 February 1933, 240 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 238 daily.
Chandrapur set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 27 February 1933.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

240 stations

240 station records on 27 February 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ramtek	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mul	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chimur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ambasamudram	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hinganghat	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagode	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karunagapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sausar	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Digras	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balliguda	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rewa	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arvi	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murwara(Kathi)	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.3 C (-35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hussainabad	India	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Darwha	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Challakire	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kowardha	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Armori	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsganj	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

240 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 February 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 February 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 238.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

217 broken records

Margins by which the 217 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1933

Top 20 records on 27 February 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1933	Chandrapur, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1933	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1933	Ramtek, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Hawkwood Station, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Mul, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Kuzhithurai, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Hillgrove Station, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Murarrie Road Csiro, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Lampasas, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Eidsvold Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	New Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Paris, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Chimur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Gainesville, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Biskra, DZ	daily low max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Esk Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Spring Bluff Railway STN, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1933	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1933. 1933 had 240 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-27 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1796	1
1806	1
1808	1
1827	1
1836	1
1842	1
1846	2
1848	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	4
1897	5
1898	5
1899	5
1900	9
1901	3
1902	5
1903	12
1904	12
1905	8
1906	7
1907	10
1908	10
1909	20
1910	36
1911	20
1912	32
1913	23
1914	75
1915	13
1916	43
1917	24
1918	16
1919	77
1920	62
1921	85
1922	79
1923	76
1924	124
1925	157
1926	96
1927	62
1928	78
1929	282
1930	82
1931	234
1932	909
1933	240
1934	1,325
1935	349
1936	347
1937	543
1938	199
1939	995
1940	603
1941	293
1942	256
1943	217
1944	773
1945	753
1946	510
1947	437
1948	1,066
1949	504
1950	440
1951	605
1952	224
1953	271
1954	450
1955	974
1956	361
1957	497
1958	940
1959	245
1960	1,039
1961	356
1962	2,281
1963	958
1964	250
1965	389
1966	395
1967	444
1968	665
1969	483
1970	349
1971	1,177
1972	754
1973	444
1974	538
1975	320
1976	1,721
1977	783
1978	729
1979	716
1980	989
1981	1,066
1982	964
1983	762
1984	1,041
1985	465
1986	1,749
1987	1,400
1988	955
1989	1,246
1990	1,037
1991	558
1992	1,081
1993	1,496
1994	1,367
1995	1,209
1996	2,031
1997	1,925
1998	1,439
1999	633
2000	1,378
2001	888
2002	1,807
2003	997
2004	852
2005	614
2006	835
2007	975
2008	996
2009	1,222
2010	1,075
2011	1,135
2012	570
2013	1,082
2014	937
2015	1,621
2016	743
2017	593
2018	1,124
2019	1,513
2020	661
2021	386
2022	531
2023	893
2024	1,588
2025	623
2026	1,436

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	192
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1